Bootstrap 4 Navigation Tab

Easily navigate through content sections on your website with Bootstrap 4 navigation tabs. Learn how to organize and present information effectively using intuitive tabbed navigation.

Introducing our Bootstrap 4 Navigation Tabs component, a versatile tool for organizing and navigating through content on your website. Navigation tabs offer a structured and intuitive interface that allows users to switch between different sections or categories of content with ease.

Built on Bootstrap's robust framework, our Navigation Tabs feature a clean and responsive design that seamlessly integrates into any website layout. Whether you're showcasing product features, organizing information, or creating a multi-step form, this component ensures a streamlined and user-friendly navigation experience.

Key Features:

  • Tabbed Interface: Provide an organized layout with tabs that allow users to access different sections of content without reloading the page.
  • Customizable Styles: Personalize the appearance of navigation tabs using Bootstrap's utility classes, including colors, sizes, borders, and hover effects, to match your website's visual identity.
  • Responsive Design: Ensure optimal display across various devices, from desktops to mobile devices, with tabs that adapt responsively to different screen sizes.
  • Easy Integration: Integrate the Bootstrap 4 Navigation Tabs component seamlessly into your website's HTML and CSS, leveraging Bootstrap's components for efficient deployment and customization.

Enhance user navigation and content organization on your website with our Bootstrap 4 Navigation Tabs. Whether you're building a portfolio, blog, or dashboard interface, these tabs provide a practical and visually appealing solution for improving user engagement and navigation efficiency.

Steps to Copy the Code

Step 1: Copy the Code Snippet

  • Begin by copying the HTML code snippet provided above. This snippet includes the necessary structure and styles to create navigation tabs using Bootstrap 4. Select the code, click the copy button, and paste it into your HTML file where you want the navigation tabs to appear.

Step 2: Link Bootstrap CSS

  • Ensure Bootstrap's CSS is linked correctly in your HTML document. Add the following <link> tag in the <head> section to import Bootstrap's stylesheet:
  • <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.2/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  • This link fetches Bootstrap's CSS file from the official Bootstrap CDN, ensuring your navigation tabs inherit Bootstrap's styling.

Step 3: Link jQuery

  • Bootstrap's JavaScript components require jQuery. Add the following <script> tags before the closing </body> tag in your HTML document to import jQuery:
  • <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.slim.min.js"></script>

Step 4: Link Bootstrap JavaScript File

  • Add the following <script> tag after jQuery to import Bootstrap's JavaScript file:
  • <script src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.2/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
  • These scripts enable Bootstrap's JavaScript components, including navigation tabs, to function properly.

Step 5: Customize and Make it Yours

  • Personalize the navigation tabs to align with your website's design and navigation requirements. Modify the content of each tab, adjust colors, styles, and tab functionalities using Bootstrap's built-in classes or custom CSS and JavaScript. Customize tab switching behavior, integrate with backend scripts for dynamic content loading, or add animations for a more interactive user experience.

Code Explanation

Container with Margin Top
<div class="container mt-5">
  • <div class="container mt-5">: This creates a Bootstrap container with top margin (mt-5), which centers the content and adds margin spacing above it based on Bootstrap's spacing utilities.
Tabs Navigation (Tab Headers)
<ul class="nav nav-tabs" id="myTab" role="tablist">
    <li class="nav-item">
      <a class="nav-link active" id="home-tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#home" role="tab" aria-controls="home" aria-selected="true">Home</a>
    </li>
    <li class="nav-item">
      <a class="nav-link" id="profile-tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#profile" role="tab" aria-controls="profile" aria-selected="false">Profile</a>
    </li>
    <li class="nav-item">
      <a class="nav-link" id="contact-tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#contact" role="tab" aria-controls="contact" aria-selected="false">Contact</a>
    </li>
  </ul>
  • <ul class="nav nav-tabs" id="myTab" role="tablist">: This creates an unordered list (<ul>) with the classes nav and nav-tabs, which are Bootstrap classes for styling tabs navigation.
  • Each <li> within the list (<li class="nav-item">) represents a tab item.
  • <a class="nav-link active" ...>: Each anchor (<a>) element with the class nav-link represents a tab link.
    • class="nav-link active": The active class indicates the currently active tab.
    • id="home-tab", id="profile-tab", id="contact-tab": These id attributes uniquely identify each tab link.
    • data-toggle="tab": This attribute tells Bootstrap to toggle tabs behavior.
    • href="#home", href="#profile", href="#contact": These href attributes point to the corresponding tab content by referencing the id of the tab pane (#home, #profile, #contact).
    • role="tab" and aria-controls="..." attributes are used for accessibility, specifying the role and controlled tab content.
Tab Content
<div class="tab-content" id="myTabContent">
    <div class="tab-pane fade show active" id="home" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="home-tab">
      <h3>Home Content</h3>
      <p>This is the content of the Home tab.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="tab-pane fade" id="profile" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="profile-tab">
      <h3>Profile Content</h3>
      <p>This is the content of the Profile tab.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="tab-pane fade" id="contact" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="contact-tab">
      <h3>Contact Content</h3>
      <p>This is the content of the Contact tab.</p>
    </div>
  </div>
  • <div class="tab-content" id="myTabContent">: This creates a div with the class tab-content, which is a Bootstrap class that contains tab pane content.
  • Each <div class="tab-pane fade" ...> represents a tab pane that corresponds to a tab link.
    • id="home", id="profile", id="contact": These id attributes uniquely identify each tab pane.
    • role="tabpanel": Specifies the role of the div as a tab panel for accessibility.
    • aria-labelledby="home-tab", aria-labelledby="profile-tab", aria-labelledby="contact-tab": These attributes link each tab pane to its corresponding tab link for accessibility.
    • class="tab-pane fade": The tab-pane class defines the styling for tab panes, and fade adds a fading effect when switching tabs.
    • show active: These classes make the first tab pane (#home) visible (show) and active (active) by default.